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Mount Horeb Area School District board meeting, Aug 17, 2026

37 min · 0 public speakers

Safety, weapons and police ▶ 33:27

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

School board hears update on summer construction and Primary Center addition 14:21

  • A staff member said the district would restart its high school principal hiring process. 3:07
  • The board also held voice votes on personnel transactions and the consent agenda; the transcript does not state the results. ~9:49
  • The board heard a construction update covering work at the middle school, the high school, the Intermediate Center and the Primary Center, including a new gymnasium at the Primary Center. 14:21
  • The board held a roll call on the first reading of Board Policy 443.6, Firearms and Weapons. 35:37
Item by item (10)
  1. Opening and minutes 0:01
    • The meeting was called to order at 6:31, followed by roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:01
    • Motions were made to approve the agenda and the August 3rd, 2026 regular and closed session board meeting minutes. 1:03
    • A staff member said there were no citizen comments. ~1:44
  2. School news and announcements 1:48
    • A staff member said kindergarten through 6th grade and 9th grade were in school on the first day, with the remaining students starting the next day. 1:50
    • The staff member said the district would restart its high school principal hiring process and planned to start making calls on September 14th to look for someone to serve from November 1st forward. 3:07
    • The staff member said two board members were being recognized by the Wisconsin Association of School Boards for receiving Level 2 status. 5:13
  3. Personnel transactions 8:07
    • A motion to approve the personnel transactions was made and seconded, and members voted by voice. 9:36
  4. Consent agenda 9:57
    • A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded, and members voted by voice. 10:10
  5. Committee and community reports 10:18
    • Adam Mertz said the conversation about park facilities was continuing and that people mostly supportive of the idea wanted to figure out how to pay for it. 10:48
    • Adam Mertz said the village approved an updated emergency operations plan 26 years after the last one and was looking to coordinate with the district on emergency procedures. 11:35
    • Adam Mertz said the village advanced funding for high visibility crosswalks on Main Street, which was under consideration for the final budget but not assured. 12:15
  6. Construction project update 12:51
    • A staff member said the middle school bathrooms were completed and windows were expected to arrive August 31st. 14:21
    • The staff member said precast walls for the new Primary Center gymnasium were arriving Thursday and the playground work should be wrapped up by mid-September. 15:34
    • A staff member said a virtual furniture design meeting would be held September 1st at 1 PM and board members were welcome to join. 21:47
  7. Professional development preview 23:36
    • A staff member said co-planning and co-teaching coaching would move to some middle school classrooms, with a coach visiting teams at least 6 times during the year. 24:16
    • The staff member said staff were going through mentor training because 6 or 7 new staff members were joining the district. 24:54
    • The staff member said the district was in year 2 of the Eureka Math curriculum for middle school. 26:04
  8. Special education program report 26:37
    • A staff member said the number of students with disabilities kept going up each year and reviewed changes by identification category. 27:02
    • The staff member said the district had seen a decrease in emotional behavioral disabilities and that its LD numbers had gone up. 27:02
    • Asked about observations of the program, the staff member said building the district's 18 to 21 program had been on the staff member's mind. 31:08
  9. Firearms and weapons policy first reading 33:24
    • A staff member said language was moved so the policy applies to everybody, including students, district employees and contractors, and proposed moving it to 832. 33:48
    • The board held a roll call on the first reading of Board Policy 443.6, Firearms and Weapons. 35:37
  10. Closing business 36:18
    • The board returned to citizen comments, and a speaker said no additional citizens were expected. 36:18
    • Members were invited to raise future agenda items, and a staff member thanked those who attended the annual meeting. 36:25

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